Optical Society of Serbia is a voluntary, non-governmental, non-profit, professional association founded with the aims in the field of optics, photonics and similar disciplines, and their applications. The aims and the tasks of the Society are:
- to monitor, help and foster scientific research in the Society's field of interest;
- to encourage and support all sorts of education in the Society's field of interest;
- to popularize and promote the Soceity's field of interest;
- to develop modern optical technologies and their applications;
- to encourage the cooperation among the scientists in Serbia and abroad;
- to enhance the cooperation among the economy, science and education;
- to provide expert opinions, suggestions and reviews to competent bodies while adopting strategic documents of the Republic of Serbia which relates to scientific/research and educational work in the Society's filed of interest;
- to help in work and coordination of joint action of scientists/researchers and professionals in the Society's field of interest;
- to actively take part in the operation of scientific foundations of the Republic of Serbia;
- to cooperate with European Optical Society, Optical Society of America and other professional associations with similar aims and tasks.